Wagon-loading apparatus



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EMIL WILLIAM wenn, or RAYMOND, ALBERTA, CANADA;

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Application mea November( 1s, 192e, serial ne. 149,235. Renewed lany 26, 1928.

This invention relates to and has for one of its objects to provide a novel, simple and inexpensive apparatus through the medium of which a wagon may be easilyand quickly loaded in the field with sugar beets, garden truck and all other crops that may be gath# ered in baskets, with farm products in sacks, bails, bundles, shocks, and sheaves, and with manure and stones in piles or scattered.

Vith the foregoing and other objects in view, the nature of whichrwill become apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists of the construction, combination andy arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure l'is an elevational view illustrating the application of th-e loading apparat-us to a farm wagon,

Figure 2 is a View in rear elevation of the loading apparatus with the body of the Wagon in vertical section,

.Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on avertical plane extending centrally and longitudinally through the loading apparatus,

Figure 4 is a detail sectional view taken on the horizontal plane indicated by the'line 4-4 of Figure 3, I u Y Y d Figure 5 is a detail sectional view taken on 'the horizontal plane indicated by the line 5 5v of Figure 3, ,Y

Figuref6 is a detail sectional View taken on the horizontal plane lindiacted by. theline 6--6 ofFigure3, f Y l f Figure7 is a detail sectional view taken on planes :indicated by the line `7..-7 of Figure 3, 'i f Figure 8 is a view in side elevation of the Y llowery portion ofoneA of the sling hooks of the, loading apparatus, v

,Figure 59' is a sectional' View taken on the plane indicated bythe line 9 9 of'Figure 8,

Figure 10 is a'view illustrating one mannerin which the chain of the loading apparatus may be loperated tov elevate the load above the wagon, and f v ,l

Figure 11 is a detail view partlylin eleva# tionandpartly invertical section of the automatic release hook ofthe chain operating,- means.-A e

Corresponding and like partsare referred 4to in the following description, and desig ,'nated in the several views ofthe accompanyingl drawings,-by similar reference charac-` 5 ters. e

` vThe loadingfapparatusris adapted to be supported from a .wagon at one side and intermediate the ends thereof, and comprises a hollow post -1 and a hollow arm 2. The post 1 extends above and below the body 3' of the wagon 4, `and is supported for rotation about its axisfby anupper bearing randfz.

arms 7 and the bearing 6 by bracketl arms8 i e from the wagon body 3. Thesection fof the bearing 5 ,is secured to the bracket arms 7, and the section 5b of this bearingis secured to the section 5? thereof by-v ears l9 and pins 10. When it is desired to open-the bearing 5 to permit the'insertion of thepost 1 f e therein or its removal therefrom, one fof the pins 10 is `withdrawnand the Lsection 5l swung laterally on the remaining pin. The f bearing 6 is similareto the bearing 5;V The section 6l of this bearing 1s securedtothe `bracket arms 8, andthe section 6h thereof is adapted to be swung `laterally with respect to the section 6L to permitthe application and, removal of the post 1.;

l Asplit bushing ll-positioned withinthe .bearingzvabout the post 1,' is secured to the e postby pins 12, and is provided with anannular vouter shoulder 13 which rests upon the upper en d of the bearingto support the post withinrthe bearings 5 and 6.v The'sections andaresecured together by bolts 15'which engage the ears.

of the bushing 11 lare provided with ears 14, Y l

A sleeve 16 surrounds the lower end of the post l and extendsthrough and abovevand below the-bearing 6,!andis provided with' va laterallyy directed and enlarged lower end 161. VThe upperend of the` Vsleeve 16fis provided with anouter iiange 17 which is rotatably engagedwith a hanger '18V which of the split type. The hangerlS passes about Vthe post landis secured thereto by pins 19, and the sectionsof the hanger are connected by bolts 20. Tlie'lower end of the hanger 18 is laterallyl enlarged as shown `at post by a hollow coupling 22. A hollowsupV A 21 and provided with a groove forthe recep- Ation of theflange 17 onthe sleeve 16;

port2'3 is securedto the outer or free end of .i

the arm 2, and connected to said support, and v the bushing 11 is a brace bar24. i Grooved pulleys 25,26 `and 27 -are-carriedby `theenlargedlower end 1,6 of the sleeve 16, thecouy pling 22 and support 23,*respectively. A flexible member which is preferably inthe form of a chain 28 passes through the sleeve 16, post 1, coupling 22, arm l2 and support 23 and passes about the pulleys 25, 26 and 27. Alternate links of thechain 28 contact with the periphery and enter the groove of each of the rollers 25,V 26 and 27. A hook-29 is se cured to the load end and a loop 30 to the power end of the chain 28, and a sling consisting of rods 31, 32 and 33 is removably engaged with the hook 29. The sling rods 31 and 32 are provided with fired hooks '31 y and 32a, respectively, and the sling rod 33 is provided with a pivoted hook 34, which engage the rim 35 of a load Vcarrying basket 36.vr The hook 34 is pivoted to the sling rod 33 as 'at 37,and is held against casual movement with respect to the rod by a collar 38. The collar 38 is slidably mounted upon the sling rod 33, and is provided with a recess 39 which receives the hook 34 and with a hook f 40 which engages the basket rim 35. The col- Y ment in load lowering` direction by a forked lar 38 is also provided with a laterally projectinglug 41 through the medium of which it may be raised on the sling rod 33 when it is desired to release the hook 34. When this hook is released, the basket 36tilts on the sling rods 31 and 32 with the resulting.;` discharge -of its contents or load into the wagon body 3.v

' The chain 28 is held against casual move- 42 returnsautomatically to chain engaging position.

The basket 36 may be elevated into load dis charging position, that is into a position above the wagon body 3,while'the Wagon 4 is'in motionor at rest. When it is desired to elevate the basket-V36 into this position while` the wagon 4 is in'fmotion, a. lever 46 is em- -ployed to hold the power end of the chain against movement, and the lever is adapted `to be removably engaged with the chain loop 30 and the ground in the manner shown'in Finn ure 1. Whenit is desiredto move the chain in load elevating direction with the wagon 4 Vat rest, aV draft animal 'is employed, Vand a singletree 47 is connected to the chain loop 30 -bya coupling 48. The coupling 48 is providedat one end with a fixed hook 49 which is engaged with the chain loop 30, and at its vother end with a pivoted hook'50 which is engaged with! a chain 51 secured to "the sin- ,'gletree 47. A pivoted guard 5,2 is'.l provided forv the hook 49, anda iiXed-guard53 is provided for the hook `50. The guard 52 and hook are yieldingly supported in their active positions by a spring 54. A chain 55 which 1s secured at one end to the wagon body 3.and at the other to the hook 50, is adapted to `move .its hook 50 into inactive position after the basket 36 has been elevated far enough to .carryl `it into" load discharging position, whereby torelease the draft animal from the chain 28. The singletree 47 may be supported out ofcontact with the ground by the driver of the draft animal through the-mediumof a hand loop 56 secured to the chain 51.

In practice, the crops tobe gathered may be placed in baskets, and the load-ed baskets maybe deposited in the Vfield at points Where they are loaded. The wagon carryingthe loading apparatus-may then be driven over the field from basket to basket. The basket to be dumped into the Wagon 4, is engaged by the sling rods 31, 32 and 33. The-lever 46 is then engaged with the ground and the wagon set in motion with the result that the basket 36 is elevated above the wagon body i 3. When the basket has reached theV desired height the lever 46 is disengaged from the ground, the basket being held against downward movement by reason of the engagement of the dog 42 with'the chain 28. `The post 1;

is then turned about its axis to 'position the basket 36 at the desired point over the wagon 'body3, and thereafter the hook 34 of thel sling rod 33 is released to permit the basket to tilt upon the sling rods 31 and 32, withzthe result that the contents of the basket is deposited in the wagon body. When it is desired to elevate the basket with the wagon at rest, a draft animal is connected to the power end of the chain 28 by the coupling 48, and

the chain 50 is connected to the wagon body 3. The draft animal `is driven in adirection away fromv the wagon, and when thebasket has been elevated VV,to the desired position tion, whereupon the draft animal'isdetache'd from the chain '28. As "the postpl may be turned about its axis. with respect to"'the above the wagony body 3, the chainl55-.functions to move the hook 50 into inactive posisleeve 16, as the sleeve 16'1nay be turned about its axisindependently ofthe postf1,fthe chain 28 may beoperated from either endorrside of thewa'gon 4 and that portion ofthe Vchain extending below andbeyond the pulley y25 will not interfereA with the free'turning of the post.` If desired the baskets instead of being dumped may be placed in the' wagon body 3. It is recommended that this be "done when gatheringbeets in orderto reduce 'to u kthe minimum the number of timesthebeets landstoring v them. As the apparatusy permits beetsto vbe quickly :gathered and Stored, the shrinkage must be handled in gathe'rin which now takes placewhil'e the beets' are laying in the field tobelathered and hauled' "awaymay Vbe avoided.'

he apparatus may be also used for the purpose of removing the load from the wagon, and it may be operated with the expenditure of comparatively little labor' on the part of the operator and draft animal.

What is claimed is l. A wagon loading apparatus comprising an upper bearing supported from the wagon,-

a post j ournaled in the bearing for movement about a vertical axis, an arm secured to the post, pulleys journaled on the arm, a lower bearing supported from the wagon,a mem-` ber journaled in the lower bearing forrotation about said axis independently of and with the post, a pulley journaled on said member, anda flexible member passing about the pulleys.

2. A wagon loading apparatus comprising an upper bearing supported from the wagon7 a hollow post journaled in the bearing for movement about a vertical axis, a hollow arm secured to the upper end of the post, pulleys Yjournaled in the arm, a lower bearing supported from the wagon, a sleeve journaled in the lower bearing for rotation about said axis independently of and with the post, a

pulley journaled in the sleeve, and a flexible member passing through the arm, post and sleeve and about the pulleys.

3. A wagon loading apparatus comprising an upper bearing ysupported from the wagon, a lhollow post journaled in the bearing Vfor movement about a vertical axis, a hollow arm secured to the upper end of the post, pulleys journaled inthe arm, a lower bearing supportedV from the wagon andV into which the lower end of the post extends, a sleeve surrounding the lower end of the post and journaled in the bearing for rotation about said axis independently of and .with the post, means for rotatably supporting theY sleeve from the post, a pulley journaled in the sleeve, and a flexible member passing through 5, A wagon loading apparatus comprising i a post, means supporting the post from the 'wagon for movement about its axis, an arm secured to the post,` a chain carried by the post and arm, draft means, a coupling connecting the draft means to the power end of the chain' and provided with a hook adapted when inl one position to release the draft means, and a member connected to the wagon and hoolrto effect the release of the draft means after the chainvvhas .been moved through a predetermined distance.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature. i

EMIL WILLIAM WEED. v 

